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How do judicial appointments and elections work?
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Civics 101
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When it comes to the judiciary, when do we prioritize independence over accountability?

  • Added: Nov 07, 2023
  • Length: 04:33
Films That Keep People Out of Prison: Complete Picture (Holiday ReAir - Week of 12/22/21)
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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What if judges could know a person more completely before sentencing them to prison? An organization called Complete Picture uses the power of film...

Bought by KWMR, WNYE, RadioFreePalmer, and KMUN


  • Added: Dec 17, 2021
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 4
GN_5.07_ Blind Art
From: Good News Good Planet
Series: Good News Good Planet - Season 5
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The ‘Lighthouse for Broward’ is a rehabilitation and healthcare resource for the visually impaired in Fort Lauderdale. Its exterior walls are now a...

  • Added: Feb 25, 2021
  • Length: 02:30
Alice Sheppard and STREB: Beauty, Risk, Mobility, and Inclusion
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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This week, dance as world-changing movement with two artists who expand our ideas about beauty, risk, mobility, and inclusion. Wheelchair dancer an...

Bought by KDNK and RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Aug 28, 2019
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 2
Starter Kit: Executive Branch
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Civics 101
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From President to Postal Worker.

Bought by WFHB, PRX Remix, and WXAV 88.3FM Chicago


  • Added: Aug 06, 2019
  • Length: 21:22
  • Purchases: 3
Life Stages: Work
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Civics 101
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What are your employment rights and where did they come from?

Bought by PRX Remix and WFHB


  • Added: Aug 02, 2019
  • Length: 33:37
  • Purchases: 2
Predictably Irrational: Dan Ariely #114 (Encore)
From: Citizen-Powered Media
Series: Conversation Earth
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Do we behave rationally? You might be surprised how often our decision-making deviates from what is in our best interest. Behavioral economist Dan ...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio, Indie3 Radio, and KTRL


  • Added: Oct 24, 2017
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 3
386-Interplanetary Sand Traps
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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Topographic features on rubble pile asteroids are produced in a novel way.

Bought by KENW, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, WLPR , KKRN, KRWG and more


  • Added: Aug 24, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 8
Great Broadway Choral Numbers
From: George Harter
Series: A Night on the Town
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Many Broadway composers loved the challenge of writing the big choral number. Some were better at it than others. Some fine examples in this progra...

Bought by KUPR low power FM, KTXK, WVTF, and WRR


  • Added: Jun 10, 2016
  • Length: 58:29
  • Purchases: 4
257-Raw Asteroid
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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A rare nearly tailless comet has been discovered. It could be made of the primitive materials which came together to form our Earth.

Bought by KRSC, WLPR , KUPR low power FM, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, Radio Newark and more


  • Added: Jun 02, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7
Online Dating for Baby Boomers [Boomerology Revealed TV #17]
From: Shahar Boyayan
Series: Boomerology Revealed
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Online Dating for Baby Boomers [Boomerology Revealed TV #17]

  • Added: Aug 08, 2014
  • Length: 34:43
50 Year Ago, D.C. Introduced The Beatles On Stage and On Air
From: Rebecca Sheir
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Not only was Washington, D.C., the site of The Beatles' first full North American concert in 1964... It was also the first North American city to a...

  • Added: Feb 07, 2014
  • Length: 09:45
This Is Your Life
From: Emma de Campo
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Sometimes advice comes from surprising places...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 29, 2013
  • Length: :51
  • Purchases: 1
Changing on the Inside
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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The US has the highest per capita incarceration rate of any country. At the Maine State Prison, inmates are being taught skills to care for their ...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 02, 2012
  • Length: 07:26
  • Purchases: 2
Earthquakes don't kill people — bad buildings do
From: Housing Revolution
Caption: Dr. Elizabeth Hausler, Credit: Dowser.org
Engineer and brickmason Dr. Elizabeth Hausler saves lives by making houses more earthquake resistant for little or no extra money. It just requires...

Bought by XRAY.fm


  • Added: Feb 25, 2012
  • Length: 18:40
  • Purchases: 1
Selfish Reasons to Have More Kids
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
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Learn why you should have more children and not stress about parenting.

Bought by KENW


  • Added: Sep 02, 2011
  • Length: 02:31
  • Purchases: 1
Teach 21 with Winona State University President Dr. Judith Ramaley
From: KQAL
Series: Don't Cha Know
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Winona State University President Dr. Judith Ramaley talks to us about the Teach 21 Campaign and NEXT (Network for Excellence in Teaching) through...

  • Added: Jun 01, 2011
  • Length: 16:41
Hiding
From: Will Dewees
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A series of strange people tell where they hide a familiar object.

  • Added: May 02, 2011
  • Length: 03:40
Anorexia Nervosa
From: Jordyn Ownbey
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This piece was produced to inform the US about the overwhelming number of people who suffer from eating disorders.

  • Added: Apr 25, 2011
  • Length: :30
Will's Tiny House
From: KQAL
Series: Don't Cha Know
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Will Hesch of Winona Minnesota built a tiny house in an effort to reduce his carbon footprint. Today we will learn how Will accomplished his task, ...

  • Added: Apr 19, 2011
  • Length: 16:37
That one halloween
From: Pulse of Portland Music Project
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Scary music for halloween

  • Added: Nov 04, 2010
  • Length: 03:13
The Secret Lives of Maine Lobstermen
From: The humble Farmer
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
Men who catch lobsters for a living are only human

  • Added: Feb 22, 2010
  • Length: 01:35
Fear
From: KVNF
Series: Belief Systems and Other B.S.
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Nude modeling proves to be a most invigorating fear to face.

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Mar 26, 2008
  • Length: 03:31
  • Purchases: 1
Pick Up 101
From: Berkeley J-School
Caption: PRX default Piece image
pick-up artists on how getting lucky isn't about luck

  • Added: Mar 21, 2008
  • Length: 04:31
Bees: Smart Like Us?
From: KVNF
Series: Belief Systems and Other B.S.
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The collective intelligence of a bee hive is astonishing and in some ways even rivals human intelligence.

Bought by KSFR


  • Added: Jan 17, 2006
  • Length: 03:31
  • Purchases: 1